so long fire // writing storage

[ALLOY]

[align=center][div style="width: 500px; text-align: justify; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.4;"]old shit masterpost sort of and then the rest will hopefully be new shit

intense shrugging:

i wonder what those men would think
if they saw me curled at your feet-
those men whose blood i've tasted,
whose breaths i've stolen
with the sweep of a blade and flash of teeth.
i wonder if they would see a wolf
playing at devoted domesticity.

or, like you,
would they see that i wear fangs that are not my own?
i was not born with these claws,
but for you i would fashion my very bones into weapons
if i could only sit here beside you a while longer.

my sons pt. 1:

you can't kill the monster-
you love him too much.

maybe that's why you're still alive:
he loves you too much.

my sons pt. 2:

is he more man than beast,
or more beast than man?
does it even matter?
you've seen the man in the beast
and the beast in the man;
and you know you can love them both.
you already do.

don't look at me:

i am willing to be the villain in their stories
if it means i am a hero in yours.
i hope their tales never reach you,
that i remain your shining knight,
that i do not become the dragon.

another of my many sons:

you would have the world
mistake you for your robots,
hardened and resolute
if you could,
but you can't.
metal does not cry for warmth
as your skin demands touch.
you do not break, bend, or rust as iron:
you tear, fracture, and bleed,
repaired not by welding torch
but gentle hand.

steel yourself,
my boy:
you are human.
you were made to want.

what's a title:

once upon a time, love wasn't enough.
for the beast slumbering, belle kissed his brows,
his nose, his lips - and still he did not rouse.
once upon a time, the dragon ate the prince,
and the sleeping beauty wasted away,
forever forgotten to time and decay.
once upon a time, ariel never found her voice,
and alone she passed the rest of her youth,
because erik never did learn the truth.

once upon a time, your kiss did not wake the life in him.
once upon a time, you lost the fight with his many demons.
once upon a time, you wanted to tell him and your lips failed.

once upon a time, you wished it were a fairytale.